Meowy Christmas 2018

Meowy Christmas! My name is Arwen, but you can call me Your Royal Highness. I’ve been living with my faithful servant Jessie for almost two years meow, since she ransomed me from the orphaned pets castle (1st Ave. Shelter). This is my second Christmas at Jessie’s small quarters in the rustic lodge (old apartment building) at the base of the hills outside town. This year she wanted to write a Christmas newsletter, but she has an affliction called Writer’s Block, so she said I could write it. I am honored to continue this tradition, because I heard that my late uncle Fritz Charming III (dog) used to write them for my grand-human Vicki. His sister Sophie (cat) is too busy chasing mice on their country estate while her humans enjoy retirement, my aunt Toto (also a cat) is too busy following around my grand-human Jeremy while he works on fun projects, my big sister Tuppence is too busy being a muse to her artist humans that she lives with in Salem, and my cat cousins Pickle and Zelda do the same for my uncle-human Ben who now has a patron for his art. So it’s up to me to be the royal record-keeper for the family.

Since coming to live with Jessie, I have been a purr-fect companion for her. I cuddle and look cute and help her de-stress from her job at the military high school. She enjoys helping students prepare for college and careers. Her favorite parts of that are arranging field trips to colleges and career events, and seeing students get excited about careers during their  job shadows. She’s very thankful to her friends and people in the community who have helped with this! I’d offer to help, but none of her students plan to become an adorable cat when they grow up, so they can’t follow me around for the day.

Jessie is having a blast at the church she goes to meow. She sings on the worship team and sometimes helps with the little kids. They’re not as cute as me, of course, but she likes them anyway. She feels very blessed with friends and community there.

I deserve extra cat-treats for Christmas, because Jessie leaves me alone sometimes to go travel. She didn’t do any big trips this year like last year’s Montana and Arizona road trips, but she did go on an epic road trip through Oregon’s Outback where she visited her college roommates during spring break, a summer trip to Mt. Rainier and then camped and rafted on the Deschutes with friends, and later hiked to the top of South Sister volcano with my Auntie Alex (neighbor human who lets me play with he

r cat Misty).

All in all, it’s been a nice year. Jessie and I like living here, although she’s saving up for a 2-bedroom townhouse so I can run up and down the stairs. And so she can host friends and family and international students. It will be fun! I hope you all find the same peace and joy she has this year. Meowy Christmas!